Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Seattle Seahawks 23 Sunday 31 December 2006 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING SEA 9:58-1Q Brown FG35 SEA 2:53-1Q Alexander 1 run (Brown kick) TB 14:14-2Q Galloway 4 pass from Rattay (Bryant kick) SEA 0:19-2Q Hackett 5 pass from Hasselbeck (Brown kick) SEA 10:14-3Q Brown FG30 SEA 14:49-4Q Brown FG23
The forgettable 2006 season came to an end with a whimper on New Years’ Eve with just a solitary score from the offense being all the Tampa fans could cheer about. Jon Gruden blamed all the injuries of course but the clamour from the media and players was the same. "We used to have a high level of accountability around here," Ronde Barber said. "That was a big part of what we were in the past and we need to get that back."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Pittman 12-73, Stovall 2-29, Alstott 6-4, Rattay 1-4. SEAHAWKS: Alexander 28-92, Morris 10-39, Strong 1-2, Hasselbeck 3-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Rattay 27-16-185-0-1. SEAHAWKS: Hasselbeck 29-17-216-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Galloway 8-118, Pittman 3-36, Moore 1-9, Warren 1-9, Becht 1-5, Hilliard 1-4, Stovall 1-4. SEAHAWKS: Hackett 4-63, Stevens 4-54, Branch 3-38, Engram 2-27, Alexander 1-14, Morris 1-8, Strong 1-7, Burleson 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. SEAHAWKS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Cox 2-72, Jones 1-29. SEAHAWKS: Burleson 2-46. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: none. SEAHAWKS: Burleson 3-43. SACKS BUCS: Spires 1-4. SEAHAWKS: Peterson 1-8.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 69 Davis DE 94 Spires LG 79 Mahan DT 95 Hovan C 76 Wade DT 96 Wyms RG 75 Joseph DE 90 White RT 65 Trueblood MLB 53 Quarles TE 88 Becht RLB 55 Brooks WR 85 Stovall DB 21 Bolden WR 84 Galloway LCB 31 Buchanon RB 40 Alstott RCB 20 Barber RB 32 Pittman SS 23 Phillips QB 13 Rattay FS 37 Allen PLAYED 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 27 Cox, 33 Sowell, 34 Graham, 39 Pearson, 46 Adams, 50 Winborn, 51 Ruud, 52 Cash, 54 Mallard, 56 Nece, 71 Haye, 74 Green, 77 Terry, 82 Warren, 83 Moore, 86 Jolley, 89 Jones, 93 Bennett, 98 Bradley DID NOT PLAY 7 Gradkowski INACTIVES 12 McCown, 24 Williams, 28 Gates, 30 Nicholson, 60 Campbell, 66 Mihlhauser, 70 Penn, 81 Smith
COMMENTARY CREW Matt Vasgerian and JC Pearson
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports on the season finale Tom McEwen realises this was not a Happy New Year Rick Stroud offers his views on the season finale Gary Shelton thinks Gruden might yet get another chance Another 100-yard game for the ageless Joey Galloway The defense wants to bring on 2007 Buccaneer notes and team anecdotes John Romano's Gimme Five column The Bucs and the Seahawks - the game report The gamebook and the play-by-play from the game